Oswestry 22 Bargain Hunt

If I was to say Lancelot, Excalibur, the Sword in the Stone,

you'd think I was rabbiting on about all those Arthurian

myths and legends, wouldn't you?

The tales of the Round Table and all that - they're just hearsay,

aren't they? Well, not necessarily.

It's claimed that King Arthur ruled this very land

in Shropshire during the dark ages.

He then upped and married a girl called

Guinevere from down the road in Oswestry, which is handy,

isn't it? Because that's where we're going for our fair today.

So, after all this lot, let's go bargain hunting - yeah!

Legend has it that Bargain Hunt has found some incredible items

here at Oswestry in the past. The teams have just one hour

and £300 to bag a bargain, so let's take a look at what's coming up.

The Reds are playing dirty...

-Tell me why you like it.

-Cos the Blues like it.

THEY LAUGH

..while the Blues are telling their expert what for.

If you don't ask, you don't get, Richard.

And it's an auction full of celebration...

-Come on, come on.

-Yes!

..and commiserations.

Oh!

But before all that, let's meet the teams.

Our two teams today may be extremely young - hah! -

but they have known each other for an age.

For the Reds, we have Tommy and Cynon and, for the Blues,

-we have Laura and Gemma. Hello, everyone.

-Hello, Tim.

-Hello!

Hello, hello, hello. Now, Tommy, you live on a sheep farm

-and you're passionate about sheep, right?

-Not quite, no.

Um, my father has the sheep. He's got about 3,000 of them -

-I hate every one of them.

-Do you?!

-So...

-You'll not be sheep farming, then?

-I will not be sheep farming.

-I'll be the last generation to do it, sadly.

-Aw!

-Yeah.

-Is he sad about that, your dad?

He was until I went on and built some log cabins on the farm,

-and now they make more money than he does.

-Really?

-So now he's very proud, yeah.

-So the log cabins you have for tourists?

Yes, that's right. We built some in 2013 and they've got nice hot tubs and upstairs

and things like that, all from Finland.

And that's essentially your new venture for your family farm?

That's it, yes. So my dad looks after the sheep now and I keep myself occupied

welcoming people from all over the world to the cabins.

-I think I know which I'd prefer to be doing!

-Yeah!

Yeah, and you're on the right job. Well, that's fantastic, Tommy.

Now, Cynon, you're a dedicated athlete.

I have to say, you look pretty fit, so what are your sports?

I used to do athletics mainly a few years back.

Used to compete quite regularly. I was really into that.

I used to travel all around the country competing for my local club.

-Used to really enjoy it.

-Are you a sprinter, or...?

-Yeah, sprinter.

-Not a fan of long distance, anything like that. Keep it short and sweet, sort of thing.

-Yeah.

So how did you get to know Tom?

Um, we used to race against each other

when we were in primary school.

-Our schools used to compete, so I used to beat him.

-Oh, did you?

-Yeah.

-Was he really fast?

-He was unbelievably fast.

-I thought I was fast, fastest in my school.

-Yeah.

But every time we had the county shows, and you'd go up against him, you'd lost before you started.

And I thought, "Let's put this behind us. I'm never going to beat you."

-Yeah.

-Let's just be friends, call it a day.

-Exactly.

If you can't beat them, join them.

-Exactly, and you've remained friends ever since.

-Yeah, that's it.

-Well, good luck, chaps. Now, for the Blues, Laura.

-Hi.

-You two met a few years ago.

-We did.

-At university, yes?

-Yes.

It was a little more than a few years ago.

I think it was about 14 years ago.

Don't own up to that!

A little while ago, Gemma and I met at university.

You arrived late and we didn't really get on at first but,

yeah, we soon found a shared love of many TV programmes, one of which,

-we're very pleased to be on today, fulfilling a lifelong dream.

-Really?

-You used to watch...?

-We used to miss lectures to watch Bargain Hunt.

I used to absolutely love it.

-Obsessed by it!

-I don't get to watch it as much now.

No, no. Quite, cos now you're mature and you've got jobs to do,

and all the rest of it.

-Now, Gemma, you work as a teacher in a secondary school.

-I do, yeah.

I teach my passion, which is textiles, but I also teach food,

which Laura struggles to understand how I teach food.

-Gemma's speciality is fish finger sandwiches.

-Oh, really?

-I disagree.

I think I've come a long, long way since university, you know!

I also teach graphic design and also woodwork.

Gosh, so you're an incredibly practical girl, then, actually?

-Yeah, I'd like to think so.

-Well, I mean, to be able to teach all that stuff.

-That's it.

Well, you're obviously great mates.

Are you going to make a great Bargain Hunt team, d'you think?

-Of course we well.

-Yeah.

-Me and Gemma always make a good team.

-No falling out.

-I'll be decisive...

-Yes.

-..and Laura will...

-I'll be inspirational.

-You'll be inspirational.

OK, inspirational and decisive. What a perfect team!

Anyway, here we go with the £300. £300, chaps. There you go.

You know the rules.

Your experts await and off you go and very, very, very good luck.

Well, I never did.

Now, let's meet our experts.

Shouting out for the Reds is Anita Manning.

And cleaning up his act for the Blues is Richard Madley.

Boys, we've got a huge fair. We've got plenty of money.

What you want to buy?

Well, we're going to try and stay away from kind of little

silvery things and trinket boxes.

I think we're going to look for something that's maybe decorative,

also functional, so it's multipurpose.

I'm just going to keep an open mind and hope something jumps out at me.

-Something crazy?

-That's it. A bit quirky.

-A bit quirky.

-Price?

-£9, £49 and £99.

Why on Earth?

Cos you get a pound of every single item, there's more

chance of making a profit and therefore the Golden Gavel.

I've never heard that theory before, but who knows?

Let's hope our teams have got some cunning moves, eh?

Because your 60 minutes starts now.

ALARM RINGS

Let's get to it, boys.

Let's go and find something for £9.

THEY LAUGH

It's the Reds versus the Blues, the boys versus girls.

Will either team win the coveted Golden Gavel,

or will there be losses all round?

Let's find out.

-Door knockers?

-Door knockers, eh?

No time to play!

THEY LAUGH

I don't know.

There is a great set of plus fours for me. Those are my...

They're in my size!

And the Reds are straight in.

This phone here. Phone?

Yeah, it's a field phone. It would have been used on the frontline, in the trenches, that kind of thing.

It would have been connected up via wires along the line.

They're a good weight. It's all original sort of Bakelite.

-Yeah. £60 on that.

-So that's the First World War?

-Second World War.

-Second World War.

-Yeah.

It's certainly an interesting item in war memorabilia

and any military stuff always has a market.

When you consider that that has survived...

-In the box.

-..the war and we still have our working instructions...

-Just in case!

-It would be brilliant to hear some of the stories

that's gone through the earpiece there.

-I think it's a great item. What do you think?

-Yeah, I think it's really nice, isn't it?

Don't often see things like that about and it's lasted well,

-hasn't it? So...

-How much is it?

-Got 60 on it.

-Got 60 on it.

-Yeah.

-Um, could it be bought in the region of...30?

I could do it for, I think, 45 would be our best price on it.

45 is the best price. Well, our gorgeous dealer...

THEY LAUGH

Is that worth another fiver off it?

Could you come to 40?

-Shake your hand at 40.

-Go on, for you guys.

-Aw, thank you so much.

-Thank you.

They are sprinters, aren't they?

Faster than the speed of light!

One down in six minutes. Let's go on to number two.

A team to be reckoned with, I reckon.

What do you think of those chairs? Aren't they nice?

-I like the chairs, actually.

-I like the chairs.

-That is kind of me, that design.

-Yeah.

-I like.

-They look a bit dirty.

-A bit dirty. Don't worry about that.

We can... Have a quick look. What can you see on the back, Laura?

-Is there any...?

-Cobwebs.

Cobwebs, right. That shows they're old!

THEY LAUGH

Are you looking at the set of four?

Are you hoping you might get some individually?

I don't know. Do we want a set of four, really?

-Depends what the price is.

-£30. He wants to sell them in a set for £30.

-OK. How old do you think that they would be?

-Old.

1950s, '60s, something like that?

-Yes, they are.

-I like them because it's design and I'm just...

-That's my background, isn't it?

-So would they be your item?

I could take the chairs as my item, if you want me to.

If you'd nicked another pound of the £29, I think you've had a good buy.

OK, if we're going to do some negotiations, 28...

-You've got to go and do the negotiations.

-OK.

Go on, then, Laura. You're the negotiation queen. Yeah. Not me!

While the Blues test out their nine strategy,

the Reds are also on the hunt for vintage cool.

I think we've done kind of the wartime and now

we want to kind of come maybe '60s, '70s, something a bit more swingy.

-20th-century design?

-That's it.

-Cool stuff.

-Yes.

-Vintage stuff.

-That's it.

-You see, you think that the 1960s were the olden days.

-Yeah.

But I remember, I was there.

Anita Manning in the '60s! Whoo! There's a thought.

-How did you do?

-29!

-Yes!

-We got nine!

-Well done, I'm impressed.

-Excellent.

-Shall we go for them?

-Yeah!

-Yes.

-Definitely.

-Definitely. Yes. Yes, indeed. Well done.

-Brilliant.

-Yeah! OK.

I'm excited. Excellent. OK. I quite like them.

Right, next one!

They said they'd be decisive.

Four chairs, bought for £29 - cobwebs included -

and it looks like the Reds are following the vintage vibe.

That's enough of all that.

-Tell me, where do they date from?

-1950s?

-I'm twisting again, so...

-Oh, that's right!

-Like we did last summer, so... It's quite nice, that.

-How much?

-45.

-It'll go for twice that.

-45?

-£45.

-What do you think? There's three.

-We could have a little look round and...

-Uh-huh.

We'll have a wee look around. Enjoy your look around.

OK, thank you.

Clever play, Reds.

With 45 minutes still to go, there's no need to panic buy.

Somehow, I can't imagine these two panicking. Can you?

How are the Blues getting on?

I quite like that. What's that? Is that like a ticket machine?

-Ticket machine?

-A ticket machine!

-That is an old conductor's ticket machine.

-Mmm!

It could be 1950s, 1960s. Again...

I feel the era coming out here, 1950s, 1960s.

Hah! That's what the Reds are thinking, too.

Just have a little look at the ticket

and see what clues we've got on the ticket there, just so we know...

Information about the ticket machine, it's £28.

I would say it's looks like a bus conductor's.

Do you think they'd take £9 for it? Is that really cheeky?

Yeah, I think that's really cheeky. If it's...

-If you don't ask, you don't get, Richard.

-Er...

You're absolutely right. If you don't ask, you don't get.

How many people are going to want a ticket machine?

-No, maybe not, then.

-I would just park it to one side.

-OK, let's park it.

-Yeah? Because we know it's here.

-Yeah.

It is interesting, it's well within...

-well within our price bracket.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

True, but there is another team of Bargain Hunters not very far away.

Richard, Richard! Richard, hello.

Is it the boys against the girls?

I think it is but we've almost finished now,

-so we're just having a stroll round.

-Oh, right.

-How are you guys doing?

Well, no, we're considering many options.

You know, that's what winners usually do.

Is that what you're doing, yeah?

-OK, have you been up there?

-There's nothing up there you'd like, Anita.

Well, let's go, boys!

THEY LAUGH

Phew! That went well.

-Oh, look at the old... Is that an old bus ticket machine?

-Oh-oh!

-What is it?

-That's when you had a clippy. That's a bus conductor or bus conductress.

Not a clue what you're talking about.

-STALL HOLDER:

-I'm not putting pressure on you, but the Blue team are coming back for that.

That's it!

-He's let the cat out of the bag their!

-Have they bagged it?

Have they bagged it?

-No, they're coming back. They like it.

-They like it.

-Have they put money in your palm yet?

-No.

-No.

So that means it's still for sale?

-You offer me money, it's yours.

-Yeah, uh-huh.

Oh, I was just telling the boys that I remember a time

when these things were used.

-I used to be a bus conductor.

-Did you?

-I did, yeah.

-So when would that one have dated from?

-Round about the '60s.

-Tell me why you like it.

-Cos the Blues like it!

THEY LAUGH

You naughty boys!

-Will £15 buy that?

-£15 would buy it.

Is 15 your best price, is it? The lowest you can go?

It is, really.

But...

12 and it's yours.

-Shake his hand at 12.

-12?

Oh, thank you very much.

Guys, you've done the deal.

All is fair in love and war...and Bargain Hunt.

LAUGHTER

You said it, Anita.

Now, 20th-century design is all the rage today and I found

a classic piece that you'll all remember from back in the day.

Fancy a drink?

Well, in 1970, if you wanted a fizzy drink,

you might well have one of these sitting in your cocktail cabinet.

But would it be likely to work

if I was to put it in my cocktail cabinet today?

An indication that this thing is in good and working condition is

indicated if you're able to buy one with its original box.

Inside, it comes complete with a box...

of bulbs, which are full of carbon dioxide, ready for the off.

Also, we have the bulb holder.

Bung the bulb into that, like that,

and screw it into the appropriate spot...

BUBBLING

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble!

What we've got, hopefully,

is carbon dioxide mixing with the otherwise still water. That's sorted.

Let's see whether we actually get a drop of something delicious.

Ready for this?

Ooh!

Look at that! Hubbly bubbly!

Absolutely delicious.

So, what's this whole iconic 1960s, '70s gadget going to cost you?

Here in Oswestry, complete with all the bits and pieces,

it could be yours for £20.

Is that a bargain or what? Hic!

Back to bargain hunting and the competition's hotting up

between the ruthless Reds, who nabbed the ticket machine from the Blues.

Do feel a little bit guilty, but I'm sure I'll get over it.

-We're in it to win it, aren't we?

-We are in it to win it.

And the Blues, who, despite the best laid plans,

have only bought one item.

Ooh, we need to relook at strategy, don't we?

Yeah, we don't really have a strategy, do we?

No, we've lost the strategy.

Strategy's all well and good, girls, but with only 30 minutes left,

I would recommend buying something!

Oh, there's a beacon of hope, look.

Oh, look at that. Look at the lighthouse.

-I was going to say, I quite like that, yeah.

-Yeah?

Is it a lighthouse, or...? Yeah.

It is a lighthouse and it should actually work.

There is a little bulb in the top

with some small batteries, but it's got a slight fault on it.

-SELLER: So it's very cheap.

-How cheap might it be?

I could do it for £5 for you.

-I need to get a nine in there somewhere.

-That's the strategy.

4.99, how's that?

-4.99!

-Hang on, we've got to pick it up and look at it!

-4.99!

-THEY LAUGH

My money's coming out of my pocket so quickly.

I don't know if I like it now I've touched it.

-Is it not as heavy?

-It's not as heavy. It's really light.

Is it, yeah?

Well, it is a LIGHT house, isn't it?

-It's not as weighty as you'd expect it to be.

-Yeah.

That's scratchbuilt by an amateur, a model engineer,

perhaps in the 1950s, 1960s. But if it's not for you,

-then even at 4.99, we must pass it.

-I think so.

-Do you think?

-I'm not getting a vibe from it.

-No, no.

I think we need to stick with the original strategy.

OK. I'm deviating, I'm deviating. I'm sorry.

-It was a very kind offer.

-It's all right.

Hmm, they started off so decisively.

Meanwhile, the Reds only have one item to buy

and are trying their luck inside.

Ha! What is that?

THEY CHUCKLE

-It's a seesaw!

-It's nice, isn't it?

-Is that what it is?

Yep, it's a folding seesaw. You pull the pins out and it all folds up.

-Does it still work?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-What sort of period is it?

-Edwardian.

-Have you ever seen anything like it before, Anita?

Not really. Perhaps a country house piece,

but it's unusual and it's sort of a weird,

-and I think it sort of fits in with...

-The theme.

-..you guys.

I would play on it and that's the main thing.

Go and sit on that. Sit on the other side.

Are you going on a side, or is it me and him?

-I just don't want to break it, though.

-Will it break?

-Not too heavy.

-You go up, I'll go down.

SHE LAUGHS

Boys and their toys, eh?

With only 20 minutes left and two items still to buy,

Richard is trying to lead his team in the right direction.

I'd like just to find out how much that medal group is.

I know it's not within our buying strategy,

but that is a Second World War group

that was sent to the recipient who'd served at the war.

He never even took them out of the packaging.

-Wow, I love it.

-Yeah, cos it's there, isn't it?

That's how much it meant to him, and a lot of soldiers came back,

having served in the war, and they were sent their medals, and they

put them to one side, and so that's a group that's never been mounted.

I'd just like to know, it's got his dog tag with it,

-it's got his name and address...

-Has it got his dog tag as well?

Yeah, I'd be interested to know...

Excuse me, can I ask you about the price of the medal group?

60 for the set.

60 for the set and, without getting it out, what have we got in there?

-Three stars...

-Yep.

-..the war medal...

-Yep.

-..dog tags...

-Yep.

..and the box with the paperwork as well with it.

So everything's there. We've got the paperwork as well.

We've got a strategy, it's a nine strategy...

All right.

..in that anything we buy has to have a nine in it.

OK.

OK?

-I wouldn't ask for 59.

-You wouldn't ask for 59?

Well, I would ask for 59, but I'd want something a bit lower.

-Oh!

-LAUGHTER

-Look at that, look at that!

-Would you take 49?

Go on, then, we'll do 49.

-Are you happy with 49?

-I think...

I'm happy with 49.

I think it's a good price, he's being very decent to us.

-Thank you very much.

-Yeah, that's very kind of you.

-Thank you very much.

-I'm happy with that as well. Brilliant.

-Thank you.

-49. Good.

-Excellent.

-Lovely.

-We're still on the nine.

-We've got a story to tell, now.

-Oh, I like that.

-I like it, too.

-Made the second purchase.

-Yeah, well done.

-Yes!

-High-five! Whoo!

Maybe there's something in this nine thing after all.

What do you think of the team, Richard?

They started off very decisively and then they got increasingly

indecisive, but I think I've got them back on track now,

so now I think, as long as we focus on one good third and final buy,

we'll be OK.

Now, where are those naughty Reds?

Good Lord, they're still weighing up the seesaw.

At least we know it works.

It's good, yeah! I think you're a bit too big for it, though!

-Just a bit! It definitely sees and saws.

-That's it, isn't it?

It sees and saws?

I think a yummy mummy just might like that to sit in her

-garden for her tots.

-For her little weans.

Well, I've got my ups and downs about it, but...

-SHE LAUGHS

-I don't know.

Look, boys, if you're not sure, you can have a quick swish -

and I mean a two-minute swish - down there.

See if anything jumps out at you because we're running out of time.

-Time's not on our side?

-Time's not on our side now. On you go.

Quite right, Anita. There's only eight minutes left

and both teams still have one item left to buy!

Now, let me tell you, there is

one thing that I always find sells well in a silver plate sale...

-One of those.

-Hip flask?

-Hip flasks.

-Interesting.

-It's a big hip flask.

-Can you reach over there and have a look?

-Long arms?

-Oh, my God, that's heavy!

-Is it really?

It's heavy, we like that.

Oh, my goodness me, it is!

-That is...

-What's the mark on the bottom? I don't know...

-I quite like it. It's very gentlemanly.

-..anything about marks.

-It's very dapper.

-It is very gentlemanly.

-I'm with you.

-Nice.

-Screw top.

-Oh, look at that.

Empty? Whisky?

No, there's nothing, I can't smell it. I'm a brandy girl, really.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-So, it says 1893.

-1893, so I wasn't far off. Now, it's got...

Showing its age.

It's silver plate, OK? So there you've got... That's all right...

Is that OK in this case?

-Down the bottom, there is an EP, which says electroplate...

-OK.

..and then turn it this way around and, if I'm right,

you've got a J, D and S,

-and that's James Dixon and Sons...

-OK.

..of Sheffield and that's their trademark.

-I've heard of those, I think.

-Yeah, they're well-known.

-Oh, OK.

-Yep.

It hasn't actually got a price on it,

so we don't want to fall in love with something that doesn't...

No, we don't.

-I'm probably not going to get it for £9, am I?

-I...

-LAUGHTER

-I don't think £9!

No, but should we find out how much we can get it for?

There had better be a nine in it somewhere.

The boys, meanwhile, have a decision to make.

-So, we've got the seesaw as one option.

-Mm-hm.

The radio, that option, leaves a lot more money for Anita,

-but it might not be still there.

-It might not work out.

With karma and what we did with the Blues,

it might be gone, so I don't know. What do you think?

We haven't got much time. Should we just go for that seesaw?

If you want, we'll go for the seesaw.

-Try and haggle him down?

-We'll haggle him down.

You'd better be quick - time's a-ticking.

Now, will the Blues get a good final deal?

-Gentleman - Sir.

-Madam - Miss.

THEY LAUGH

This is a very dapper, gentlemanly piece.

Do you think so?

Well, it would depend on the price.

Is it handsome sum?

Well, I'll do it you for 85.

85... We're not into fives, we're into nines.

Oh, well, 90.

LAUGHTER

-You walked straight into that one!

-He's good! He's good!

It has to be a nine at the end, a nine at the end.

99?

You're supposed to go down, not up!

I'm not very good at this haggling thing, am I?

What about 79?

Go on then.

-Ooh!

-Deal.

-A good final buy, I think.

-That's three yeses, isn't it?

-We're done.

-Done.

-Done.

Well done, Blues.

You must be on cloud nine...and you beat the Reds to the finish line.

Come on, boys, one minute to go!

-OK, boys, um, do you want to go for this?

-I think we are.

-Do you want to negotiate with our trader?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Have you seen the price ticket?

-How much is it?

-175.

175?!

140 is the absolute trade on it.

We have a serious buyer that will buy it off us

at the end of the fair if it doesn't go.

The best deal's the one that's here right now.

-Correct.

-Come here.

-Shake my hand.

-We'll do 130 and it's done.

-No.

No.

Split it down the middle. 135.

-135.

-Done. Thank you.

Well done, lads. Hope you do all right.

PHONE RINGS

Mum's the word, eh? Cos time's up.

And I just think, boys, this is SO you.

-It's so playful, it's so weird.

-If it doesn't sell, we'll keep it.

Good work, team. You certainly stuck to the quirky plan.

Let's remind ourselves what they bought.

This World War Two telephone was their first buy for £40.

Tickets, please!

The '60s machine cost the Reds just £12.

That'll be a return.

And they spent 135 big ones on this quirky see-saw. I say!

Now, Tom-Tom, Cynon, which is your favourite piece?

Um, I think I'm going to have to go with the old phone.

-Dog and bone, good. What about you, Cynon?

-I'm going to say the see-saw.

Cost us a bit, but I think it's a very unique item, yeah.

Yeah, good for you. So which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

-The phone.

-You think the phone? I think the see-saw.

We're all over the shop with you two, aren't we?

But very enthusiastic and very sweet.

-So how much did you spend all round?

-£187.

-You spent £187.

I'd like £113 of leftover lolly, please.

There's 110 and there's the three, sir.

And that goes straight over to Anita Manning.

What are you going to spend all of that on?

The boys like unusual, quirky items and I think I've found something

which would suit all of these things...

and it's a wee bit asymmetric.

That's a big old word, isn't it?

Anyway, meanwhile, why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?

The child's chairs were snapped up by the Blues for £29.

For the sum of £49, they bought a group of World War Two medals.

And this silver-plated hip flask cost a princely £79.

Gemma, Laura, how are you?

-Good, thank you.

-Good. Was that an experience or not?

-It was fantastic.

-It was great, thank you.

So what did you spend, Gemma, on your experience?

-£157.

-£157.

I would like £143 of leftover lolly, please.

Laura, the banker, thank you very much.

Laura, the banker, which was your favourite piece?

I think mine was the thigh flask.

Or hip flask, as it's technically called.

Well, I've heard them called a few things, but thigh flask?!

-It's big enough to beat him.

-Is it?

-It's a big one?

-It's massive.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Now, Gemma, which is your favourite piece?

-It has to be the children's chairs.

-That's your favourite?

-It is.

-Will the chairs bring the biggest profit?

-I'm going to say yes.

You're going to say yes.

And will your thigh flask bring you the biggest profit?

Hopefully, but I think the medals will bring us the biggest profit.

-OK. Now, Richard, serious note. Here is a ton of money.

-Thank you.

And you have had such fun with these girls.

I've had fantastic fun with these girls but, on the way round,

you walked past something that I think you missed.

If it's still there, I think I might just buy it for you.

On that happy note, you'd better buck up, Richard,

because very shortly we're heading off to the auction.

How lovely!

Trevanion & Dean's sale room is in Whitchurch on the Shropshire

and Cheshire borders and there's a familiar face wielding the gavel.

Christina Trevanion is the auctioneer of the moment

-and a treat it is to be here, Christina.

-Oh.

Anyway, we have got some boy's toys here, haven't we?

Yeah, we have a bit, haven't we?

-The telephone set is military issue, isn't it?

-Yes, it is.

It's quite fun. It's Bakelite. We have had interest in it.

-We found another one which is up in a museum in Manchester...

-Oh, right.

..so it may go to a museum, you never know.

-How do you value it then?

-Well, I put £30-£50 on it.

-Very sensibly, I might say, because £40 was paid.

-Oh, there we go.

-So, spot on. They'll be pleased with that.

-Phew!

-Now, Cynon loved the bus conductor's till.

-Did he?

-Yeah, he did.

We've had quite a lot of phone calls from ex-bus conductors, you know.

-Yeah.

-So I'm thinking it is maybe an up-and-coming collectible area.

-OK.

-But it don't want to see anymore!

So what's your estimate?

-We have put £15-£20 on it, as a bit of novelty.

-£12 paid.

-£12?

I feared they might have paid 50 or something like that,

but no, it's only £12, so I think that's a sure-fire.

-And then we come to the parlour see-saw...

-Ah.

..which is a lovely bit of country house kit, isn't it?

-It's great fun and it folds as well...

-Yes.

-..which is great.

So it's space-saving.

If you haven't got a huge amount of space but you need a see-saw,

this is the one for you.

We put £50-£100 on it.

-£135 they paid for it.

-Ooh, really?

-I wouldn't worry unduly.

It's either going to do its money spectacularly or it's going to

fail spectacularly, but, depending on how that thing swings,

whether it's up or down,

will depend on whether they need the Bonus Buy,

so let's go and have a look at it.

Tommy, Cynon, what you did was spend £187, which was magnificent.

You gave Anita £113. Anita, what did you spend it on?

Boys, I bought you some whacky candlesticks.

Wow.

You're young. Young people really love 20th-century design,

and these candlesticks were designed by one of the giant

designers of the 20th century, Matthew Hilton.

They're a bit like crazy birds.

This design is often called The Swan

because it could be a little bit like a swan's neck.

They're made of aluminium and aluminium was a material that

was used a lot in objects in the latter part of the 20th century.

-These are about 1970.

-How much did you pay for them, Anita?

How much did I pay? I paid £30 for these.

I think the aluminium scrap value is quite good at the moment as well.

-Is that all you can think of, boys, the scrap value?

-Tommy!

-What are you like, Tommy?

-I think they're very nice, Anita.

That's, I suppose, an added consideration.

OK, well, on that happy note, why don't we find out what the

auctioneer thinks about the weird and the whacky?

-Here's a bit of modernism for you.

-Thanks.

Yeah, interesting.

Produced by or for SCP, who were retailers

and manufacturers of modernist furniture from 1985 onwards.

As late as that, is it?

Yes, very much so, but it's sort of up-and-coming.

I like them. They're interesting, but they're younger than me.

-Really? Gosh!

-Yeah, even me.

Gosh, they're not old then, are they? So how much?

Well, we put £15-£20 on them.

They do retail for quite a lot more, but we thought £15-£20.

OK, well, the fair Anita paid £30.

OK, I think they'll make that.

We'll see what happens if the team go with them.

Now, for Laura and Gemma, they've got the garden chairs,

which are not old, are they?

-No.

-Just colourful.

Bit sun-bleached. They've been in the garden.

-They're fun things but not hugely exciting.

-Will it make £20?

-I would hope so.

-£5 each?

-Yeah, I'd hope so.

-£29, they paid.

-Not antique. They'll do what they do and very good luck to them.

-Yeah.

Now, much more collectable,

-though, are the World War Two medals.

-Ah, yes.

Very lovely. Obviously they've got their original box.

They've got their little certification here and,

greatly, you've got the dog tags.

You don't often see that, especially on the original cord.

-Medals are such a hot area right now.

-Yeah, not surprising really.

-How much?

-Well, we put £50-£70 on them.

-OK, £49 paid...

-Ooh, OK.

-..so that's good, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Now, the most interesting lot, I think...

-I love this!

-..is the very nice flask.

-Yeah.

-It is a good thing, isn't it?

-It is a REALLY good thing. I like this.

-Unusual to find one of such a good size.

-Yeah, huge.

So what's your prediction?

Well, we've put £50-£70 on it because obviously you get them

in silver, which are more desirable. This is silver plate.

We have got a little bit of a condition issue,

but I think that might be a bit of a come-and-get-me estimate.

-I think it might be. They paid £79.

-OK.

I don't think this team are going to need their Bonus Buy,

but let's go and have a look at it anyway.

-Laura, Gemma, how are you feeling?

-Good.

-Are you excited?

-Very excited.

Yeah, I know. What has Richard found for you?

I mean, you gave him a whole load, £143.

Richard, show us your wares.

With £143, I went out and bought this.

-Oh!

-Remember him?

-We do, yeah.

-Indeed.

-We spent some time looking at him, didn't we, yeah?

We did indeed.

We looked at a lighthouse lamp, based, I think, probably

on an American model and it's probably made out in the Far East.

I didn't pay £99 for it.

-4.99.

-Absolutely bargain.

-Brilliant.

So how much do you think it's going to make?

I would hope that we might double or even treble our money.

Will it light up your life, do you think, Gemma?

I don't know, it might do, yeah.

You decide after the sale of your first three items

and then you can decide whether to go with the lighthouse or not.

But, right now, for the audience at home,

let's find out whether it's going light up the auctioneer's life.

-Honestly?

-Yes, honestly.

-Not hugely.

-Yeah, I mean, it's a decorative thing.

-It's a decorative thing.

-Bit of fun.

-A man in his study, on a shelf...

-Needs a lighthouse lamp.

He needs a lighthouse lamp badly!

So what would a man who needs a lighthouse lamp badly pay for it

in your opinion?

Well, we've sort of been a little ambiguous maybe

and said £15-£20, hopefully.

Well, that's lovely, isn't it?

-£4.99 was paid by Richard.

-£4.99?

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

-It's not a lot of money, is it?

-No, not a lot of money.

Hopefully, we'll make him a profit on that.

Well, all I can say is, Christina,

you're sending out all the right signals.

Thank you.

Time for Christina to take to the rostrum.

I'm selling to the room at 720.

-So, chaps, how you feeling?

-Good. Bit nervous.

-What do you mean, "Yeah"?

-Confident. Quietly confident. We have faith in Anita.

-I know.

We all do, actually. Half the nation does.

Now, first up then is the field telephone.

As they used to say, "It's for yoooou!" And here it comes.

I've got interest here, as you would expect, cos it's a fascinating thing

at 25, £30 with me on commission.

-£30.

-At 30, clears my book.

40, internet bidder at 40. 45.

45, you're in profit.

£50. Internet bidder at £50. Where's five?

55, thank you, sir.

65. At 65, in the room.

Internet at £65 I have standing.

-£65.

-At £65...

-£65.

-Well done, boys.

-Plus 25.

We'll have that.

Lot 93 is the 1960s bus conductor's ticket machine. There it is.

I have interest here. I've got £15 here with me on commission at £15.

18, 20, 22

25, 28 is bid.

Thank you, at £28 standing at the back, clears my book at £28.

-35. I have to go online at 35.

-35 online.

40? Looking for 40 now, but if we're all done at £35...

-£35. I'm loving it.

-Oh, well done, my boys.

-Three off 15.

The Blues wanted that.

Plus 23, lads. You are plus 48.

Now, here comes the big risk.

Lot 94 is the late 19th/early 20th-century

folding parlour see-saw.

I've not seen one before and I've got interest here, as you'll expect,

with me at £50.

With me at 50 and five. 60.

And five, 70.

And five, 80, sir. With me, still on commission at 80.

Clears my book, sir, at £85.

90 online, sir. Will you go five?

Are you sure? It's great fun.

95, there it is. 100 online.

110 is bid. Thank you. 110 is bid in the room.

Go 120. 120 is bid. 130 is bid.

-130.

-It's worth £140 worth of fun, sir, I can tell you.

-Come on, please.

-Are you sure?

-Come on!

140 is bid. There he is!

£140 with you then, sir, at £140.

£140. Look at that. Plus £5.

Well, OK. You pleased about that?

I think we may have a Golden Gavel, is that right?

Wow, boys. Wonderful, wonderful.

That is, I have to tell you, plus 53. That's folding money, isn't it?

-That's folding money.

-Profit on each lot. I told you you'd be all right.

-Did I tell you you'd be all right?

-You did.

-We didn't doubt you for a minute.

-I don't think you did much.

-Yes!

Now, what about these Matthew Hilton jobbies?

-There's no doubt, we're going with them.

-We trust you, Anita.

-Ooh!

-You've taken us this far, Anita.

-You can do it.

Well, listen...

I can't say anything, boys, but I'm very, very nervous now!

Now you're going with the Bonus Buy, I can tell you that the

auctioneer's estimate is 15-20, all right?

Let's believe in Anita and here come the candlesticks.

Lots of interest here. I've got bids in line.

-I'm going to have to start this at £35, £45.

-Yes!

Clears my book here at £45. Against you online.

Against you in the room, with my bidder at £45.

-£45 is plus £15.

-Boys, I have to say to you, I was very nervous!

-You are, overall, plus £68.

-We're happy with that.

We will have to go out to the cash machine to draw some money

to pay you out.

-That's a definite. So, say nothing to the Blues, all right?

-I don't know.

-Our poker faces are going to be poor.

-Look miserable. Go on, try.

That's not bad. That's good. All right, you've convinced me.

-OK, you two, you been chatting to the Reds?

-No.

-Good.

No eye contact, nothing.

First up are the four garden chairs and here they come.

Be brave, girls, be brave.

Moving on now is a set of four child's garden chairs.

There they are. Bright lovely colours, these. Bright and cheery.

Cheer up any garden. Four of them in the lot. Bid me £15 for them.

15 is bid. Thank you, sir, at the very back.

18, sir. Thank you.

-20 is bid. 22.

-We just need nine more pounds.

-At 22 here.

Go 25, sir. 25. 28, sir?

Thank you anyway. At £25, standing in the room then.

-30!

-Oh, dear.

-28, last minute, sir.

-Yes!

At £28, with the lady at £28.

-Bad luck, girls.

-Not bad though. Could have been worse.

It certainly could.

-That is minus £1 only.

-That's all right. It's fine.

Now, watch the medals zoom away.

There they are with their original box as well.

I'm going to start this at £40. With me on commission at £40.

Here with me at 40. At £40, here with me.

With my commission bidder at £40, looking for five.

-£40, if we're all done then. Against you all at £40.

-No!

£40 is minus nine. Uh-oh!

Hip flask, £120. Watch it go.

Very nice example, this, and really rather large,

which is quite useful, I think.

Now, interest here with me at 45, £50.

Here with me on commission at £50.

And five, 60. At £60...

-I don't like the sound of this.

-Looking for five now.

At £60, I have, if we're all done.

-I can see you hovering online. If we're all done, then.

-She's trying.

Don't miss it. It's at £60 all done.

-Oh, it's all right.

-£60 is minus £19.

Minus 19?

You are minus 29.

All these nines, I don't know.

-I'm sorry about that. That is so miserable.

-So disappointing.

Anyway, so what are we going to do about the lighthouse?

-Going to have a punt?

-Of course we are.

-Of course we are, yes.

-£4.99.

-You can't go wrong, can you?

We're going with the Bonus Buy and here it comes.

Lot 120 is the novelty lighthouse lamp. Great fun thing, this.

We've got bidders on the book. I've got to start this at 12, 15, 18...

-£20, clears my book here at £20.

-Yes!

With me on commission at £20. Where's five? 22 is bid online.

Clears my bidders at £22.

-At £22, internet bidder then, at £22.

-Yes!

-25, straight away. There we are. Internet bidder.

-Look at this.

Are we all done, against you all?

At 28, it's still climbing. We're looking for 30.

At £28, all done.

Oh, dear. Not bad.

She sold it for £28. That is absolutely brilliant,

which means, overall, you are now only minus £5.99,

which could be a winning score.

-Anyway, super. Say nothing to the Reds.

-No.

-No?

-Nothing.

Very, very, very good fun. Lovely.

Well, what lovely teams, eh? I told you they were lovely teams.

-Lovely teams, been chatting?

-Er, yeah. Not about the score.

Not about the score.

Just as well because there's a vast chasm between you

and the runners up today, by a good old wodge,

just happen to be the Blues.

I mean, I have never announced a runners' up score which

includes any 'P' in my life.

But you have lost by £5.99p,

which is quite something, isn't it?

5.99 is their score. MINUS 5.99.

-Anyway, there we go. Did you have a good time?

-Yeah, fabulous.

-Did you?

-Yes, thank you.

-Great.

-Good for you, Gems?

-Yeah, brilliant.

I'm so glad you were able to come,

but the victors today, au-contraire, go home with £68,

which is £68 of real money.

Cynon's very happy with this.

There's your £68, which is super-duper,

and, because you made a profit on every single item,

including the Bonus Buy, which is a miracle...

It's how we do it, Tim.

..you get to join the ancient and noble order of the Golden Gavellers.

There they are, look, three of them.

-Wear it with pride.

-I will do, always.

-Always.

-Thank you.

It's a fantastic thing, isn't it?

To make a profit on all three items,

-and on the expert's Bonus Buy, I congratulate you.

-Thank you.

-You're happy with that, aren't you?

-Very happy, yeah.

Very competitive team and you cracked it.

Jolly good auction. Jolly good fun. Lovely teams.

You should take a bird's eye at our website and, of course,

join us soon for some more bargain hunting.

Yes? YES!